This morning I was invited to have breakfast at the Oysterbox Hotel with delegates from South African Tourism. The Oysterbox hotel is something different. WoW! Built in 1947 in Umhlanga Rocks on the Dolphin Coast and refurbished into it’s old style and charm in 2009, it was amazing to learn about the history of this [...]
After the Inca Trail, we flew to Puerto Maldonado, deep in the lowlands of the Amazon Jungle. From there we went for about 3 hours on a motorised canoe to Refugio Lodge in the Tambopata Rainforest Area. The trip on the canoe was great. We got a lunch packed in banana leaves which was quite [...]
29 March 2011, flight KL743, Amsterdam – Lima A new diary, a new trip to a new continent. I feel very very fortunate to be able to make this trip AND to make it together with one of my best friends. I’m in the KLM flight from Amsterdam to Lima and yes I am a [...]
It’s so great to live in Cape Town because there’s so much to do in and outside of the city. Within about 1 hour from the city centre you can have: wine lands, beach, mountains, lovely villages and open spaces. Darling is such a quaint village where we rented a self catering cottage last weekend, [...]
The Manta Resort, Pemba Island, Tanzania, beautiful, real, unpretentious, away from the masses, tropical island life, relaxed! 22 February, 22h00 We arrived! And it was worthwhile the trip. We already agreed on that after having arrived for half an hour. The Manta Resort is situated on the northern coastline of Pemba Island, Tanzania. It is [...]
My first Gautrain experience, OR Tambo – Sandton, 21 February 2011 I was so excited that I finally had the opportunity to check out the Gautrain. Today Meetings Africa was held at the Sandton Convention Centre so I flew in from Cape Town to attend this conference. Because I’m flying early tomorrow morning again to [...]
Exhausted! I’m still exhausted! I guess I had a bit too much on this week. The Test Kitchen, French Toast on Thursday and Friday night the incredible U2 concert here in the stadium down the road. Oy! To top it all off, I joined for a 6 hour hike on Saturday in the Table Mountain [...]
Finally it was THE day! Finally it was Wednesday 16th of February. Boy, did we have to wait a long time. On several occassions we had tried to make a booking but never managed to get in. Until I just thought: ok, let’s try to plan in advance (a very un-Capetonian way of doing things..), [...]
How do you enjoy the Mother City responsibly? What are your favourite places and experiences? This is one of the questions of how you can become involved in this Responsible Tourism week from 14 – 18 Feb. Send your experiences to: media@capetown.travel. What a great question! And it will be difficult to stick to the [...]
We always get VERY happy when we receive invites to come to the wine lands. This time I actually didn’t know that we were going on the Big 5 safari and that we were going to have a picnic as well. I thought, we just go for a site inspection and introduction of Extraordinary Travel.Upon [...]
Last Saturday I had such a lovely morning here in my own Cape Town. I hadn’t done it for a long while: just getting lost in the streets of the city centre. Well, not exactly getting lost, but just strolling the streets without any particular plan in mind and exploring new places. The day obviously [...]
I’m sorry that you had to wait so long for a little piece about Zimbabwe. I was there over Christmas and New Year. Didn’t travel that much. Just spend some time in Harare and then moved on to the Nyanga National Park which was beautiful. Zimbabwe is trying to get back onto the tourism map [...]
What a treat it was! Yesterday I went to La Mouette for lunch. Finally!! The place looks beautiful, the service was friendly and the food was delish. I should have only just ordered a starter but I couldn’t really help myself and had to order main course and desert too. Starter was still the best: [...]
Last w-end I could finally stay at Fordoun Hotel & Spa. Seeing it is wedding season in South Africa, I was visiting the Midlands Meander for the wedding of one of my friends. I didn’t mind AT all to fly out there and take a bit of a break. The Midlands is an area of [...]
Last w-end I was so fortunate to be invited to a wedding in this beautiful nature reserve. I had visited already twice over the last few years and I think De Hoop is one of the most special areas in South Africa. It is well known for being the best land based whale watching spot [...]
You want to do something different in Cape Town? Then you should join the bicycle tour of “Bike and Saddle” Who thought that it is possible to ride a bike through the busy city of Cape Town? But I can tell you one thing… it is an amazing experience and something totally different than from [...]
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On Saturday I was invited to join the opening of Lungi´s B&B in Khayelitsha. The Township Khayeletsha is located only 25 km from Cape Town. Township tourism has been growing over the last couple of years and only in Khayelitsha there are already 19 B&B opened up. Lungi´s B&B offers two double rooms, a kitchen [...]
Mazoli´s is the place to be /eat in Cape Town. Do not expect a fancy menu and or delecate service. It is something totally different. The food offered @ Mzoli´s is very simple to describe…. Meat, Meat, Meat and Meat. I would not recommend this place for vegetarians at allJ. Last weekend I went there [...]
Kololo Game Reserve Last w-end a dear friend was visiting South Africa for business, so a very good excuse to fly up to Johannesburg to meet up with her and spend some time in the bush. This time I had chosen an area where I hadn’t spend time before but what was still high on [...]
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